## E.279. Release 7.3.16

Release date: 2006-10-16

This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.15.

### E.279.1. Migration to Version 7.3.16

A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see Section E.282, “Release 7.3.13”.

### E.279.2. Changes

- Fix corner cases in pattern matching for psql's `\d` commands

- Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree (Teodor)

- Back-port 7.4 spinlock code to improve performance and support 64-bit architectures better

- Fix SSL-related memory leak in libpq

- Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror

- Adjust regression tests for recent changes in US DST laws